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PHOENIX -- A new white paper by Suntron purports to solve the problem of tombstoning in 0402 components.

Read more: New Design Recommendations Said to Avoid Tombstoning

PITTSBURGH -- Ansys Inc. will acquire Apache Design Solutions for $310 million in cash, including roughly $29 million in cash on Apache’s balance sheet.

Read more: Ansys to Acquire Apache for $280M

SANTA CLARA, CA – Registration is now open for PCB West 2011. The event will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center Sept. 27 – 29.

Read more: PCB West Registration Opens

BOLTON, MA – Electronic data transfer formats, vital as they are, are guaranteed to elicit yawns, if not outright derision, from users. But that history isn’t deterring an industry task group from attempting to tackle the now three-decades-old problem of unintelligent schematic files.

Read more: Users Updating, Adopting IPC Data Transfer Spec

KARLSRUHE, GERMANY – A comprehensive set of passive components from Würth Elektronik is available for Altium Designer 10 through the recently launched AltiumLive portal.

Read more: Altium, Würth Elektronik Collaborate on Component Libraries

ROCHESTER, NY – EMA Design Automation now provides Cadence OrCAD 16.5 training to educate users on new features of the design software.

Classroom training in major US cities, instructor-led virtual training, and self-paced Internet classes are available. Onsite training for groups of engineers is also available.

Courses cover all major OrCAD flows, including schematic design with OrCAD Capture, PCB Design with OrCAD PCB Designer, and analog simulation with PSpice.

Most classes are available in beginner and advanced levels.

For more information, visit www.ema-eda.com/training.